diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
index 33ecb5c32c..b5006e6239 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_OSS4
 	bool "oss4 (Open Sound System 4)"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PULSE
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 
diff --git a/package/multimedia/mpd/Config.in b/package/multimedia/mpd/Config.in
index 5d0818299f..2e447418a9 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/mpd/Config.in
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_AUDIOFILE
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	help
 	  Enable pulseaudio output support.
diff --git a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
index 6c767bb6b9..eeb8b5ab07 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTOOL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE
@@ -17,5 +18,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 
 	  http://pulseaudio.org
 
-comment "pulseaudio requires a toolchain with WCHAR support"
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+comment "pulseaudio requires a toolchain with WCHAR and threads support"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS